# East Stour Primary School

East Stour Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 385 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148991. [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 385
- Council: Ashford
- URN: 148991

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Improved significantly, January 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Improved significantly, 8 January 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 75% of pupils at East Stour Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Finberry Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/finberry-primary-school-e141881): 1.4 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The North School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-north-school-e148712): 1.5 km. Secondary. Standards maintained, November 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Willesborough Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willesborough-junior-school-e118371): 1.6 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Willesborough Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willesborough-infant-school-e118370): 1.7 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022
- [Kings Park School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-park-school-e151493): 1.8 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Norton Knatchbull School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-norton-knatchbull-school-e138019): 1.8 km. Secondary. Good (overall), December 2023. Attainment 8 of 64.2 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148991)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148991)

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